Boston Red Sox's Steve Pearce hits a two-run home run during the first inning in Game 5 of the World Series. LOS ANGELES — This wasn't how the Boston Red Sox or Los Angeles Dodgers wanted to start World Series Game 5 with Clayton Kershaw and David Price on the mound. But when the ball is flying out of the yard, the ball is flying out of the yard, and both teams notched first-inning homers. In the top of the first inning, Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce teed off on a Kershaw offering for a two-run homer that put the Dodgers in a hole.